taking charge, old man ... I knew how it would be: The Flags are flying halfmast high for death of Tringadee... Banjo Paterson's Kiley run But droughts and losses came apace To Kiley's run, Till ruin stared him in the face; He toiled and toiled while lived the light, He dreamed of overdrafts at night; At length, because he could not pay. His bankers took his stock away From Kiley's run. ... The owner lives in England now Of Kiley's run. He knows a racehorse from a cow; But that is all he knows of stock; His chiefest care is how to dock Expenses, and he sends from town To cut the shearers' wages down On Kiley's run. Steele Rudd's When the bailiff brings a warrant ...Then you'll see a glorious future and you'll dream by night and day Of corn and wheat and "taters" and such things that never pay; And you wonder why they hang around the blessed town below Till the bailiff brings a warrant and your cows have got to go— Till your cows have got to go. People affected by the crisis Austrian-born but Australian-based landscape artist Eugene von Guerard (1811–1901) had invested his finances in Australia. After moving to Europe in 1882, his wife died in 1891, and then he lost his investments in the 1893 crisis. This resulted in van Guerard living in poverty in Chelsea, London, England, until he died in 1901 aged 89. See also History of Australia (1851–1900) References Hickson, C. R. and Turner, J. D. 2002. "Free banking gone awry: the Australian banking crisis of 1893." Financial History Review 9:147–167 1893 in Australia 1893 in economics Banking in Australia Banking crises 1893 Financial history of Australia